zroundup, a demo

I would like to introduce a small project that I am working on atm – started this on Sunday, took me almost 4 hours to get it to this stage. I’ve just managed to capture it properly via recordMyDesktop and mencoder, before I can upload this to YouTube.

Roundup, as you may already know is a Python issue tracking system. zroundup stands for zero configuration roundup – I’m aiming to make an issue tracking system that you can just download and run. Preferrably I would also like to be able to put this into a thumbdrive and then carry it around with me – a portable issue tracking system, on a stick!

I actually thought that this sort of thing would be perfect for freelancers / contractors who are usually on the move and have a huge list of issues / tasks on multiple projects that need to be managed.

Note: Probably you’ll have to see this in full screen, I haven’t figure out how to take a screenshot of only the region within my desktop, and keep in mind that this is still a work in progress – when it’s finished, the use case would likely be:

Download and install on a USB stick

You can run / stop the issue tracker from the USB stick

If you disconnect the USB stick the tracker will stop, but preserving all data

If you connect the USB stick on a windows machine, the tracker will run (automatically, if autoplay is enabled).

This was a while back! Yes I did, but didn’t have time to push it all the way as a proper product. I used the demo script as a template and modified it from there. I did managed to get it fit into the USB stick, which is ultra portable but the performance is slow as. I thought it’ll be better if I could make some program to copy it into a temp folder in the C: drive and upon closure copies the data back to USB. But I never finished it to that point.

I’d love to have more spare time to continue it though. Atm an instance of this is running locally in my home to manage my life task. Python Roundup is very versatile and flexible, I loved it.